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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/emulsifiers-and-stabilisers-in-food-regulations-1989/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/876",
  "legislation_title": "The Emulsifiers and Stabilisers in Food Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/emulsifiers-and-stabilisers-in-food-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Penalties and enforcement",
  "text": "(1) If any person contravenes or fails to comply with any of the foregoing provisions of these Regulations he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £2000.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3) of this regulation, each food and drugs authority shall enforce within its area the provisions of these Regulations.\n(3) Each port health authority shall enforce within its district the provisions of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/876/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:44:04.288717+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}